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recently i wanted to increase flash performance by installing the flash aid extension for firefox. this step has broken my flash, and now i can't watch youtube videos in full screen. i get a black screen after it was fine before.

I did remove the FF extension and I did try to completely remove the ubuntu restricted extras, but it won't let me do so, How do i restore the flash settings and completely remove the settings so i can get back to the original settings?

note that if i try to remove ubuntu restricted extras, it does try to install kubuntu restricted extras, at the same step.

thanks

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Problem solved. i reinstalled the flash-aid plugin in firefox, then proceeded with the wizard mode, but this time, unlike the first time, i did NOT choose the option of tweaking gpu validations. that did the trick.

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  • This is a temporary YouTube issue. Disabling the GPU Override solves the problem. See ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1799217
    – lovinglinux
    Jul 7, 2011 at 18:48
  • Just updated Flash-Aid to get the new Flash 11 Betas, for both 32bit and 64bit. If you already use Flash-Aid, all you need is to execute the Wizard to install. Hardware acceleration and the performance tweak "Override GPU validation" is working on YouTube again. No more black screen. If you already use Flash-Aid, you probably will receive an alert tomorrow, since it only checks for updates once a day. But if you run the Wizard today, you can ignore that alert.
    – lovinglinux
    Jul 13, 2011 at 22:59
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Reinstall the package flashplugin-installer:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install flashplugin-installer

It should work.

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  • i did try that, and restarted. problem persists
    – suli8
    Jul 7, 2011 at 16:00
  • i did find the trick, workaround. i re installed the flash aid plugin, and running it's wizard mode, i didn't choose the option of tweaking the gpu validation, and that's it now i have full screen! please write this on your answer so i can accept it right now.
    – suli8
    Jul 7, 2011 at 16:50
  • I cannot write your finding in my answer. You can write your own answer and also accept it.
    – enzotib
    Jul 7, 2011 at 16:57
  • yeah ok. no problem. i just thought it will be faster this way. if i write my own i could accept it after 48 hours or so... and it doesn't matter who writes it, the important thing is that the answer is here for others. i will write it now. thanks.
    – suli8
    Jul 7, 2011 at 17:04

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